Ritualistic Nuts To Crack.

thus the saying ; regularly ebbs and flows twice in 24 h .. or a day and night . " Literally speaking , twice in 24 h . 58 m . The average life of a moon is 702 h . 5 Gm ., or 2 !) - 2 S days of 24 h . duration . The tides are , as everybody knows , governed by the course of the moon ; at three days after the new , or full of the moon , the tides are at their highest , and are called spring tides . Between these

periods they keep regular time throughout the year . Thus , say , taking a given point upon the south coast , the highest spring tide at new moon occurs at two o ' clock at noon ; the same occurs at the full , and so on from year to year . I know of no word that could be applicable to the point than the one used , " regularly . " EDWARD HIDE , W . M . 1719 .

London , Sept . 24 th , 1886 . JYiw . 3 and- 4 remain as yet unanswered .

Masonic Forbearance.

MASONIC FORBEARANCE .

SS we are none of us free from faults , it is the duty of every brother to bear with the infirmities , to pardon the errors , and to be kind and considerate towards those with whom ^ | he is intimately connected . There are few tempers so depraved but a sincere endeavour to please will excite in their bosoms a corresponding sentiment of love and gratitude . We are under peculiar obligations , and it is equally our duty and our

interest to discharge them faithfully , and to the letter . Amidst the various dispositions of mankind Ave must not expect to meet with all we could wish in every brother who is linked with ns in the indissoluble chain of masonry ; but if we resolve to do unto others as we would have them do unto us , our happiness and

mental satisfaction will usually be amply gratified . Every relative and social duty is founded on recij . rocal obligations ; and where the seeds of love and friendship are not sown , or where that which springs from them is not cultivated and improved , it will be but " as the grass growing on the housetop , wherewith the mower filleth not his hand , neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom . "

THE T EMPLE LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS , NO . 322 . —On Monday , September 17 th , the Installation of Bro . Willoughby Weiss , P . G . St ., Kent , took place at the Wilmington Masonic Hall , Dartford . The cerem ony was performed by the V . W ., Bro . Rev . Hayman Cummings , M . A ., Dep . Prov . G . M . of Kent . The W . M . appointed and invested the following officers for the ensuing year : Bro . Call-Weddell , M . D ., P . P . G . M . O ., Kent . T . P . M . ; Bro . W . Tomlinson , M . A .,

S . W . ; Bro . Jones , J . W . ; Bro . Fletcher Beach , M . D ., M . O . ; Bro . Potter , S . O . ; Bro . Harper , J . O . ; Bro . Rev . E . C . Britton , M . A ., Chaplain ; The V . W . Bro . Rev . H . Cummings , M . A ., D . P . G . M ., Kent , Treas . ; Bro . E . W . White , M . D ., Sec . ; & c , _ cc . Amongst the visitors present were the R . W . Bro . Rev . Thomas Robinson , M . A ., Prov . G . M . of Kent ; Bro . C . F . Matier , P . G . W . ; Bro . F . Henri Weiss , & c , & c .. & c .

The Masonic " Poet's Corner."

The Masonic " Poet's Corner . "

( Original and Selected ?) IF GOOD MEN ALL WERE MASONS .

THERE ' never a tear would drop But some kind heart would steal it ; There ' s never a sigh would swell But some kind heart would feel it ; And never a widow sad , And never an orphan lonely , But some one would make glad Wit ' i smiles of joy , —if only The qood , men all were jVasons .

There ' s never a word profane By heedless mortal spoken , And never a cruel blow , And never a law be broken ; There never a man Avould die Away from loved ones , lonely ; There's never a shuddering cry Would mount to Heaven , —if only The qood men all . were Masons .

But every heart Avould smile , And tongues break forth in singing , And corn , and wine , and oil , The generous would be bringing And each would strive to make The path of life less lonely , A green and flowery way , An Eden walk , —if only The qood . men nil were Masons .

But since the good men all I Are not in our connection , Let ' s try , Avhat few we are , To be of one complexion ; Let ' s try , though few and frail , And maybe poor and lonely , To show what life Avould be

And men would do , —if only The good , men till were Masons . [ From The Poetry of Freemasonry , by the late Bro . Dr . Rois MORRIS . Masonic Poet Laureate . ]

Our Trestle Board

OUR TRESTLE BOARD

" FOP the Master to lay lines and draw designs upon . "

Bro . T . Fenn , President of the Board of General Purposes , was presented bj' the Lodge La France , No . 2000 , on the 17 th inst ., with a very handsome jewel , bearing the following inscription .-

"Presented to the V . W . Bro . T . Fenn , P . B . G . P ., by the W . M and brethren of the Lodge La France , in acknowledgment of tht eminent services he has rendered the Lodge since its foundation 17 th September , 1888 . "

At the same meeting of La France Lodge , Bro . J . Bue , P . P . G . W .. Oxford , having declined , on account of age and distance , the honour which the brethren had desired to confer upon him , Bro . Ernest St . Clair , the W . M .. was re-elected for a second year of office in the chair of K . S .. and Bro . H . Bue was elected Treasurer .

At the meeting of the Board of Benevolence , held on Wednesday , the 19 th inst ., Bro . James Brett , P . G . P .. presiding , there was considering the time of year , a very fair attendance . Recommendations to the amount of £ 305 were confirmed . Twenty-eight cases were considered , and relief afforded to the extent of £ 740 .

We purpose m our next issue to call the attention of the Craf t'to the alarming and serious decrease of the accumulations of the Fund of Benevolence , now being sold out at the rate , as Ave are credibly informed , of from two thousand to three thousand pounds

sterling per annum . It is , in our opinion , high time that some investigation into the primary causes for such decrease in this , the most important Masonic fund , should be made , and that without delay . We shall do our best to submit reasons for this in a special article .

A little of the attention which is given to the creation of new Lodges ( of which a large number of the members of the fraternity consider we have quite enough , if not—for the welfare of the Order—too many ) , bestowed on seeing that those already in

existence are working on the true principles of the institution , would soon bring about a remedy for such a scandal as is implied by possible future inability to meet the necessitous claims of unfortunate brethren and their widows . But of that more an on .

Prince Eugene , the youngest son of the King of Sweden , has resigned his membership of the Order of ' Freemasons . He is a Radical of the most extreme type , and as the Swedish lodges are established upon a highly orthodox and Conservative basis , which

will not permit of unrestricted freedom of thought and speech , he has wisely retired from the Order . The King , who is described as " a Mason body and soul . " is said to deeply regret this defection , but he exercises no pressure upon his sons either in politics or religion .

At the meeting of the Rosslyn Lodge , I \ o . 1513 , on the 19 th inst .. at the Saracen ' s Head . Dunmow , Essex , it being notified that the Provincial Grand Lodge would meet next year at the residence of the Prov . Grand Master , Easton Lodge , and in connection with the

Rosslyn Lodge , Bro . the Rev . F . B . Shepherd , the first W . M . of the Lodge , was again elected to that honourable position . At the same meeting Bro . Snell was re-elected , for the thirteenth time . Treasurer , and Bro . Warner Tyler .

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Cheshire met at Knutsf ' ord , on the 19 th inst ., under the presidency of Lord Egerton of Tatton . Provincial Grand Master . About 500 brethren were present . The Provincial Grand Master , in his address , alluded to the death of the Emperor Frederick , Avhose loss to Masonry in Germany was greatly

deplored , and to the fact that £ 50 , 000 had been subscribed at a banquet in aid of the Roynl Masonic girls' school , the largest sum ever known . The Grand Lodge voted 100 guineas to the Masonic charities , and the usual officers Avere invested . The brethren spent the afternoon at Tatton Park , where i hey Avere entertained by the Prov . Grand Master .

THE ROSE LODGE . —There was a large attendance at the usual weekly meeting of this Lodge , on Thursday , 2 uth inst ., when Bro-North occupied the chair of W . M ., and performed the work of Third Degree in a very creditable manner , under the able precepfcorship of Bro . D . Rose , P . M .

AT the Masonic Hall , Hope Street . Liverpool , on the 19 th inst . » the master and officers of the Temple Lodge . 1094 , invited Bro . Dr-R . II . D . Johnson to dinner , and afterwards the W . M ., Bro . MAlexander , in the name of the officers of the Lodge , presented him Avith a piece of silver plate and a handsome suite of silver for Mrs .

Johnson . The occasion was the celebration of the silver weddingday of Dr . and Sirs . Johnson . In happy terms the W . M . alluded to the high estimation in which Dr . Johnson is held Ivy all the

members of the Temple Lodge , of which he Avas the first Master and wished all present might meet to celebrate a golden wedding Some excellent songs and recitations followed , and a pleasam evening Avas spent .